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"Banty" <Banty_member@newsguy.com> wrote in message
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>>1) 4500 is a lot to spend on a sofa. A LOT. Whatever you end up
>>buying,
>>you may fret over wear, foot marks, and the first red wine spill risks
>>giving you a seizure. Do you *really* want to add another layer of fuss
>>to
>>your life? Are you *sure* you wouldn't be happier, overall, with a
>>cheaper
>>sectional that you can treat less carefully? Not that that was your
>>question, but you're speaking to a woman who once bought a white linen
>>sofa.
>>Believe me, I know of what I speak.
>
> Well, color and practicality is a different question from quality. White
> linen
> means it's out the door (if it's cheeep) or reupholstered (if it is worth
> it) at
> the first spill of red wine WHATEVER you decided to spend on it!
White linen is the devil's upholstery. :) I do not know what the hell I
was thinking.
I did get the slipcovered style, so at least I could carefully launder the
slipcover, but still. The last thing I needed was to be tiptoeing around my
expensive white linen couch. <eyeroll> Talk about a joy sucking piece of
furniture. :)
> I went in for a really good sofa and chair and ottoman for the family
> room.
> Went to a high-end furniture store during an annual floor sample sale, and
> nabbed most of a floor sample room setting.
That's great advice.
> SURE! What the heck else is $$$ FOR??!? :-)
A gorgeous 4500 dollar dining room table that will last a generation?
> A family lives with and uses and looks at something like a sofa EVERY
> SINGLE
> DAY. The more I see and use something, the more it's worth getting
> something
> that is really good and what I really want.
Sure. I agree. But personally, I think upholstered furniture is the place
to make compromises, because it's not something that is going to last
lifelong. I've classic (read: good quality but very neutral in style)
wood furniture, so I use the disposable stuff to bring a little style/color
into a room. I know I am not going to have to live with it forever.
> That little voice on your shoulder is your grandma speaking. Tell her the
> depression is over.
Actually we just have different opinions on where to make compromises.
<shrugs> That's ok.
Donna
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